13 September, 2018

Modupeola Fadugba on Nataal.com

Dreams from the Deep End, a solo exhibition by Modupeola Fadugba and curated by Katherine Finerty is featured on Nataal.com. The exhibition will be on display at Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana, until the 31st of October 2018. To read the full article, click here.

7 September, 2018

Modupeola Fadugba on Broadly

Modupeola Fadugba's solo exhibition, Dreams from the Deep End, is featured on Broadly. The exhibition will be on display at Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana, until the 31st of October 2018. To read the full article, click here.

14 August, 2018

Godfried Donkor in the Evening Standard

Godfried Donkor was featured on the cover of London's Evening Standard on Tuesday the 14th of August, 2018. In this interview, the artist talks about his life and work, as well as his upcoming exhition at 1:54 African Art Fair in London's Somerset House this coming October.

Gallery 1957 on HarpersBazaarArabia.com

5 February, 2018

Gallery 1957 participate in Art Dubai: Modupeola Fadugba

21 – 24 March 2018

Gallery 1957 participate for the first time at Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah from 21 - 24 March 2018. The gallery presents a solo booth from Togolese artist Modupeola Fadugba, who will hold a solo exhibition at Gallery 1957, Accra in August 2018.

Modupeola Fadugba’s (b. 1985) work employs painting, drawing, and socially-engaged installation, addressing subjects of cultural identity, social justice and ‘game theory’ within the socio-political landscape of Nigeria (where she now lives and works).With a background in engineering, economics, and education, her works intersect the fields of science, politics, and art.

For her solo booth at Art Dubai, Fadugba presents seven new works, alongside a video installation from her series Synchronized Swimmers (2016-7). In this series, Fadugba explores the themes of risk, agency, and chance through depictions of female bodies in a swimming pool. Acting as a metaphor for the art world, Fadugba comments that the pool “represents luxury and risk simultaneously”.

29 December, 2017

Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai announces a “Gallery Takeover” by Gallery 1957 from Accra, Ghana. The initiative, which runs from January to March 2018, is the first of its kind in the Middle East and emulates current trends for younger galleries to develop their programmes internationally through the pooling of resources.

“Sharing our space with another gallery for a period of time is experimental. It’s exciting for us and the local audience who will be presented with something fresh” says Asmaa Al-Shabibi co-director of Lawrie Shabibi. “Next year we aim to expand this into the whole Dubai gallery community inviting other international galleries into local spaces”.

The takeover exhibition, titled The Displaced, presents a solo show of new works from Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey.

Serge Attukwei Clottey shows a new series of pastel drawings on paper, depicting disjointed figures and faces - not unlike the visions of nude women under Cubism, a European movement which drew heavily from traditional African tribal sculpture. Introducing colour, the pieces mark a departure from Clottey’s previous charcoal works. Also on display are Clottey’s wall-based sculptures created from yellow gallon containers - bold assemblages that act as a means of inquiry into the languages of form and abstraction. Alongside these sculptures and drawings, Clottey presents a video installation, The Displaced, enacting the trade and migration story of the Clottey family; together with his performance collective GoLokal, Clottey embarks on a symbolic journey of remembrance on Labadi Beach, Accra.

28 November, 2017

Gallery 1957 on Observer.com

Observer.com have published a preview of Gallery 1957's latest show 'Akԑ yaaa heko || One does not take it anywhere'. Featuring images of Paa Joe's new fantasy coffins and speaking to Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, she talks about her collaboration with the coffin maker.